Archive for February, 2012

New Google Privacy Policy

David Cowling | February 29, 2012 | Comments (0)

Starting from tomorrow March 1, Google will consolidate the privacy policy on over 60 of their web properties into one single and simplified privacy policy. Google has created a page explaining the new policy here: http://www.google.com/policies/ However several privacy advocates and the public in general has come out expressing their concern about this update, as [...]

Weirding out the Internet

Whitney Higginson | February 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

As we use social media more and more and it becomes part of our everyday lives – are you a victim of doing these weird things on the internet?: 1. Intruding on peoples’ conversations While I’m an open person, there’s always a line you need to draw. I have always been careful when it comes [...]

LinkedIn releases Company Follow Button

David Cowling | February 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

LinkedIn has updated their suite of social buttons, yesterday announcing that they have created a Company Follow button. Similar to the Twitter follow button, the LinkedIn follow button will allow users to follow the updates of a particular company or organisation. LinkedIn obviously wants to develop their site and enhance brand pages, much like Facebook [...]

5 Twitter Tips for Dummies…Who Don’t Think They Are Dummies

Euan Black | February 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

This isn’t the boring, generic advice you receive in the done-to-death ‘Twitter Basics’ and ‘Idiots Guide to Twitter’ lists. I’m not talking about changing your profile photo from the egg avatar, or minimising spelling mistakes, or even ‘treating others as you wish to be treated yourself’. This is advice for people who have been on [...]

Censorship – How far is too far?

Jessica Lynch | February 24, 2012 | Comments (0)

I’m certain many of you would be aware of the controversy in recent months surrounding the plight to legislate internet censorship laws, in particular SOPA and PIPA in the US. For those that don’t know, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) were bills that were introduced into the House of Representatives [...]

How to get more Pinterest Followers

David Cowling | February 23, 2012 | Comments (12)

So we are all hearing about the latest crazy in the social media world, Pinterest. This new pinboard social network is getting a lot of media coverage and businesses are flocking to the site looking for new ways to market themselves and their products/ services. Many of now want more followers! This article will give [...]

Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages

David Cowling | February 22, 2012 | Comments (0)

We have been looking at Australian Google Plus pages and wanted to put together a post showing off the most popular Australian Google+ pages. This is still very much a work in progress, and we will update this article if you find any pages that are more popular. Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages 1. Google [...]

Web Directories are Finished!

David Cowling | February 22, 2012 | Comments (0)

In the old days of SEO, getting links from Web Directories was standard practice for building incoming links to your website. Often Google and other search engines would rank these links and pass the pagerank through to your website, thus increasing your domain authority and ranking. But Google has cracked down on sites offering Paid [...]

Facebook Australia 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

David Cowling | February 21, 2012 | Comments (0)

Facebook has well and truly penetrated the Australian market – so much so that it may have reached saturation point and will be very slow from now on to gain new users. We decided to look more into this and give you some new statistics about Facebook in Australia as of February 2012. Thanks to [...]

Pinterest Statistics Australia

David Cowling | February 21, 2012 | Comments (3)

With so much talk about Pinterest lately, I thought it would be a good idea to compile the Pinterest statistics for Australian users. Pinterest in Australia – February 2012 Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) to the site – 160,000 per month Page Views – 8.9 million per month Total Visits – 970,000 per month Average Time [...]

Running a Facebook Competition

David Cowling | February 17, 2012 | Comments (7)

So you have a Facebook page but not much is happening? Not getting many new fans? No-one commenting on your updates? Join the club! One of the best ways to get more Likes on Facebook is to run a competition. Give your readers a reason to Like you! Facebook has pretty strict terms and conditions [...]